The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History

Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Printer errors have been changed, and they are indicated with a mouse-hover and listed at the end of this book . All other inconsistencies are as in the original. Clicking on the image below and on the one on page 299 will show you larger versions. Illustrated Chart of Canadian History THE MAKERS OF CANADA INDEX AND DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN HISTORY EDITED BY LAWRENCE J. BURPEE, F.R.G.S. LIBRARIAN OF THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY, OTTAWA AND ARTHUR G. DOUGHTY, C.M.G., LITT.D. DOMINION ARCHIVIST, OTTAWA TORONTO MORANG & CO., LIMITED 1912 Copyright , 1911. Copyright in Great Britain . INTRODUCTION This Supplement is designed to supply a double need: it furnishes an analytical index to the entire series of twenty volumes; and it affords a great deal of additional information, bearing on the subject-matter of these volumes, but which from its very nature it was impossible to incorporate in the text. This additional information includes biographical sketches of the characters mentioned in each volume; similar sketches of prominent Canadians who for one reason or another do not appear in any of the twenty volumes; and brief descriptions of wars, battles, treaties, and political and other events having a vital bearing on the history of Canada. References have been added, wherever necessary, to the principal sources which the student may consult for further information. The whole has been thrown into one alphabetical arrangement, and it constitutes, to a large extent, a dictionary of Canadian history. To satisfy further the desire of those who, after reading the foregoing volumes, find it profitable to investigate more fully certain lines of inquiry suggested by the narratives, it has been thought advisable to add a list of manuscript sources from which new material may be gleaned. The collection of documents most convenient for this purpose is to be found in the Dominion Archives. It is not possible in the present work to do more than indicate the principal documents, as there are fifteen thousand volumes of manuscript in the Archives bearing on Canadian history. The sources indicated here are drawn principally from the series designated A, B, C, F, Q, M. The letter refers to the series, and the number to the volume. The Calendars published by the Archives in the Annual Reports should also be consulted by the student. For convenience of reference, it has been deemed preferable to…